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Lawrence, who misfired two pistols one after the other at a frail and elderly Jackson, thought himself to be King Richard III of England. He was so obviously insane that he was acquitted of his crime, to spend the rest of his life in a mental institution. What of the other assassins? asks James W. Clarke. Was John Wilkes Booth nothing other than a crazy actor, motivated by an insanely jealous desire for fame and recognition?  Were the anarchist beliefs of McKinley's assassin, Leon Czolgosz, the delusions of a madman? Can Sirhan Sirhan's Arab nationalism be dismissed as an expression of oedipal conflict? In studies of the sixteen assassins and would-be assassins, Professor Clarke introduces evidence of real differences among men and women who until now have been lumped together under the rubric of what the author calls a pathological theory of assassination. With assassination attempts increasing dramatically in number, this book clarifies our thinking about an important subject: social commentators--historians, psychiatrists, and journalists--have been mistaken in categorizing all the attackers as delusional, deranged, or schizophrenic.  It is comforting to ignore the political experience of the violent people considered in this book and to apply the label of severe mental illness to anyone seeking to harm an important political leader. Professor Clarke deprives us of that comfort by considering the actions of his subjects in their cultural, political, and social contexts and by treating not only their subjective realities but the objective historical circumstances they faced. He draws on a wide range of primary sources to convey a mood in each case that contributes to an understanding of the attacker and the times in which he lived. Emphasizing the differences among his subjects, he classifies them into four basic psychological types that summarize patterns in their behavior and make important distinctions among their emotional and cognitive characteristics. Professor Clarke ends his book with a series of searching questions about the effects of media coverage of assassination attempts and about our methods of protecting the safety of our political leaders. He concludes that the social costs of domestic surveillance would outweigh its dubious benefits but that confiscation of handguns is imperative to reduce the increasing occurrence of assassinations.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642055696657,"sku":"GOR013503365","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49936207315217,"sku":"CIN0691076375G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0691076375.jpg?v=1751199596"},{"product_id":"american-assassins-book-james-w-clarke-9780691022215","title":"American Assassins","description":"From Richard Lawrence, who attempted to shoot President Andrew Jackson in 1835, to the assailants of contemporary American political leaders, this book probes the lives of sixteen individuals who tried to kill or did kill our presidents and other prominent politicians. 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With assassination attempts increasing dramatically in number, this book clarifies our thinking about an important subject: social commentators--historians, psychiatrists, and journalists--have been mistaken in categorizing all the attackers as delusional, deranged, or schizophrenic.  It is comforting to ignore the political experience of the violent people considered in this book and to apply the label of severe mental illness to anyone seeking to harm an important political leader. Professor Clarke deprives us of that comfort by considering the actions of his subjects in their cultural, political, and social contexts and by treating not only their subjective realities but the objective historical circumstances they faced. He draws on a wide range of primary sources to convey a mood in each case that contributes to an understanding of the attacker and the times in which he lived. Emphasizing the differences among his subjects, he classifies them into four basic psychological types that summarize patterns in their behavior and make important distinctions among their emotional and cognitive characteristics. Professor Clarke ends his book with a series of searching questions about the effects of media coverage of assassination attempts and about our methods of protecting the safety of our political leaders. He concludes that the social costs of domestic surveillance would outweigh its dubious benefits but that confiscation of handguns is imperative to reduce the increasing occurrence of assassinations.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49676038734097,"sku":"CIN0691022216A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51911975895313,"sku":"CIN0691022216VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0691022216.jpg?v=1751327137"},{"product_id":"on-being-mad-or-merely-angry-book-james-w-clarke-9780691078526","title":"On Being Mad or Merely Angry","description":"In American Assassins: The Darker Side of Politics (Princeton, 1981), James Clarke told the often bizarre stories of sixteen political murderers from the would-be assassin of Andrew Jackson in 1835 through the infamous Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, and Sirhan Sirhan. The book's popular appeal was created by a mixture of the fascinating stories behind the assassination plots, Clarke's discovery of the four character types represented by these assassins, and the book's horrifying relevance at the time of publication, when John W. Hinckley attempted to kill Ronald Reagan. Now James Clarke turns his attention to the Hinckley case. Who was this strange young man who sought fame and the love of a movie star by his attempt on the life of the president? How does his acquittal as innocent \"by reason of insanity\" affect the legal and psychological definitions of this plea? And, critically, can the people entrusted with guarding the president learn to identify \"dangerous\" people before attempted assassinations? In his usual lively and nontechnical style, Clarke tells the story of Hinckley's life from his privileged but overprotected childhood through his increasingly alienated young adulthood to the minute-by-minute events of the day of the assassination. He then reviews the trial and acquittal and describes the various surprising efforts to release Hinckley from the mental hospital where he now lives. Finally, Clarke examines Hinckley in light of the four assassin types established in American Assassins, and discusses several instances in which Hinckley might have been recognized by qualified professionals as the truly dangerous person he is. For readers of Clarke's earlier book, this new study is a valuable extension with far-reaching implications for law enforcement professionals, legal scholars, criminal psychologists, and general readers who wonder what kind of person would kill the president.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50360017191185,"sku":"CIN0691078521G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51741547168017,"sku":"GOR014386695","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0691078521.jpg?v=1750847827"},{"product_id":"backcountry-book-james-w-clarke-9781480119505","title":"Backcountry","description":"Backcountry: A Novel is a story of love, murder, and high adventure set in Montana's Glacier National Park. 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